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Analysis and Discussion of Making Gold in World of Warcraft

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Posted by Kraklin 7 COMMENTS

Good news for those with engineering, PTR Patch notes were updated for the 3.3.3 PTR to make the non-combat Pet Bombling and Lil’ Smoky bind on equip.
This will give players another method to make gold with engineering as they can craft these and supply them on the AH for players who haven’t been able to [...]

Posted by Kraklin 3 COMMENTS

The PTR patch notes for 3.3.3 were announced last Friday and has caused quite a stir in the WoW gold making community as there are many impacts involving the auction house, professions and trade good items.
These changes will cause a lot of items to drop in price while increasing the values of others, if you [...]

Posted by Kraklin 9 COMMENTS

[Update 1: 10:05pm EST - Added list of items you can purchase with Frozen Orb Trade-in]
I am working on a post detailing all the profession and economy changes with patch 3.3.3 but I wanted to inform you guys of this change right away so you can pick up cheap Frozen Orbs before others buy them.
One [...]

Posted by Kraklin 1 COMMENT

It has just been announced on the official wow forums that the drop rate for Frost Lotus has been increased by 50%.
This now means that the drop rate has increased from 5% to 7.5%.
Impact on the Market
Frost Lotus Price
The average price on most servers for frost lotus is typically around 45-65g per. With a 50% [...]

Posted by wowconfidential 1 COMMENT

Arena season 8 is expected to begin on Tuesday, February the 2nd with patch 3.3.2.
As we know when new patches come around there is a major spike in activity on all the servers, new content to be beaten and everyone wants to get a head start on their arena season to try their shot at [...]

Categories: Market Watch
Posted by wowconfidential 1 COMMENT

After the rolling server restarts on October 24, 2009 the Auction House was returning an Internal Error and was inaccessible. However once the Auction House became available ALL of the auctions were gone.
Most likely everyone will be receiving their inventory back in the mail within 24-48 hours (not sure how they are going to reimburse [...]

Categories: Market Watch
Posted by wowconfidential 4 COMMENTS

Patch 3.2.2, while being a small patch, brings about a few class changes, but one big change in regards to the wow economy.
Being aware of patch changes and their effect on the economy can provide a lot of profit if you act faster than the majority of the server. It is one of my main ways [...]

Categories: Making Gold, Market Watch
Posted by wowconfidential 3 COMMENTS

Season 6 of Arena has come to a close and the start of Season 7 will commence on September 1st 2009.
With the release of season 7 comes a new tier of Honor and Arena gear: Relentless Gladiator Gear.
The big opportunity here is that almost all players will be getting 2-3 new pieces of gear within the [...]

Categories: Making Gold, Market Watch
Posted by wowconfidential 1 COMMENT

Buying and Selling on the auction house is the most lucrative way to make gold in World of Warcraft if you understand the economy and can spot opportunities. It is one of my main ways of making gold aside from following Luke’s Guide.
Patch 3.0.9 provides many changes; you can read the changes so far at [...]

Categories: Making Gold, Market Watch
Posted by wowconfidential 6 COMMENTS

Here is a quick update on the status of the auction house.
After the release of WOTLK, there was a major shift in the AH. People were eager to get rid of all their stock piled materials and equipment, while others were holding off on any purchases of new gear knowing they’d pick up some nice [...]